Entangling

Entangling is a collaboration between dancers/choreographers Wendy Jehlen (US) and Lacina Coulibaly (Burkina Faso/US). 

Entangling is inspired by Quantam Entanglement. Quantum Entanglement is a phenomenon by which two atoms that are physically separated in space and time, become, for all intents and purposes, one.

As we travel we find ourselves entangled in a metaphorical sense, and what we experience as a physical sense, with people around the world. We feel the tugging of these invisible, impossible connections at all times. This work is a visual embodiment of that feeling. It is also an expression of what is our underlying reality – that we are all inextricably and consequentially connected to each other.

The narrative of Entangling is infused with a constant state of movement we call Dark Matter. This Dark Matter is made manifest intermittently throughout the performance in fleeting, deeply intimate moments, before it recedes into near invisibility. This structure was inspired by the work of theoretical physicist Lisa Randall.